Like Petra, a much more famous site in Jordan, Mada'in Saleh features many funuraria carved into solid rock. Their civilization existed a couple thousand years ago, dying out I think around the tenth century CE.
Where Petra is more or less confined to a narrow valley, Mada'in Saleh is spread out over a much larger area.
This is al-Fareed. The Unique. It is the only tomb carved out of a single free-standing rock.
Had to do a bit of climbing to get to this one.
All in all a stunningly beautiful place. Worth the thousand miles of driving, two nights stay to gain three hour's access (Friday is prayer day, so it was only open from 3 to 6 PM).
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